12. Contento sol promette amor

From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49b, Version II, Parte prima

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	d minor
Meter	3/4
Tempo	Andante
Length	58 measures

About the text

• Author: John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/9.2, p. 73
• Opera Stanford ›
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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